The Ecstasy Conspiracy AUTHOR: Lesley Choyce ISBN: 0921833199 192 PAGES $14.95 CDN $12.95 US ABOUT THE BOOK: This literary whodunit pulls us into the world of American expatriate novelist Richard DeMille as he attempts to break the hold of his longtime friend and publisher Damien Carlyle. Now teaching at a quiet Nova Scotia university in addition to writing, DeMille goes to Toronto to settle old scores with his publisher. When Carlyle mocks his concerns, DeMille decides to buy a gun and end the relationship, once and for all. But when he arrives at Carlyle's office, the publisher is already lying dead on the floor. Then the real mystery begins.   REVIEWS: "The murder in Lesley Choyce's The Ecstasy Conspiracy is the centre of a whole maelstrom of obsessions, hallucinations, and (Choyce being the artist that he is) sly jokes, small parodies, and absurdities. This is a marvellously entertaining book by one of our finest writers." —Books in Canada "Choyce has taken a number of seemingly disparate elements and whipped up an entertaining, thought-provoking tale that warrants consideration as one of the best books published in the first half of 1993." —The Calgary Herald "This is a clever and readable book. The plot is tight, the characters smart, and the insights lively." —The Globe & Mail